Supes give new tax breaks to Steel Dynamics
Lowndes County supervisors approved two new fee-in-lieu agreements with Steel Dynamics during Wednesday’s board meeting, bringing the number of such arrangements with the steel company to four.
Council OKs revised fee-in-lieu with KiOR
Two companies providing materials to KiOR’s Columbus plant will join the renewable fuel manufacturer in paying a fee in lieu of city ad valorem taxes.
Our view: Two sets of problems: one good, one bad
Lowndes County is about to have a problem, the sort of problem most other counties and cities would love to have.
Over the next five years, the county is going to have more money than it knows what to do with, a happy circumstance created by the boom in industrial development in the county.
County to gain millions as in-lieus end
A 10-year fee-in-lieu agreement between Caledonia Generating and Lowndes County ends this year, meaning the company will pay full ad valorem taxes to the county beginning with the next fiscal year